turner@rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (08/25/83)
A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away) I read a short story with which I was very impressed. I've been trying to find it ever since with very little luck. The story was title "Star Bright" (I think) and follows is a short synopsis: Star is the daughter of a widower. She is uncommonly intelligent for a human being, so much so that she classes humans in to three groups: Brights (her kind), Tweens (human geniuses) and Stupids (the rest of the human race). She arranges to have another "Bright" move in next door (a boy, slightly older than Star). The two of them begin exploring their powers. They can move through time by a process that is visualized as enclosing yourself in a Mobius Strip and twisting it. The father finds out, and after sufficient explanation is also able to do this. Shortly after this, the two children disappear. They had been experimenting with the Mobius Strip process using a tesseract. The story ends (hauntingly) with the father trying to duplicate the process to go to wherever it is that his children went in an attempt to help her if she's in trouble. The last line trails off... If you can give me a pointer to this story I'd really appreciate it. I read it eleven years ago. -- Scott R. Turner turner@rand-unix ...decvax!randvax!turner
alle@ihuxb.UUCP (08/29/83)
I have read this story also, but I remember the title as "Mimsy were (are?) the Borogroves" (from Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" from 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'). Allen England at Bell Labs, Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxb!alle
dje@5941ux.UUCP (08/29/83)
"Star, Bright" happens to be one of my all-time favorite stories. It was
included in Clifton Fadiman's "Mathematical Magpie" anthology, which I hope
is still in print (try Simon & Schuster). The author is (was?) Mark Clifton.
Hope this helps!
Dave Ellis / Bell Labs, Piscataway NJ
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